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Late last year, BET announced the network was set to turn the Uptown Records story into a scripted miniseries.

Andre told The Hollywood Reporter in December: "I am thrilled to partner with BET Networks and Jesse Collins Entertainment to share my story, the rise of Uptown Records and successful black entrepreneurship, and the management and cultivation of some of the most iconic artists to come out of the late '80s and '90s hip-hop, R&B and soul music era."

Film director Ava DuVernary tweeted on the R&B mogul: "Saluting Andre Harrell. The architect of so much music, so much culture."

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Andrew later became the Vice Chairman of REVOLT, Diddy's 2013 music television network and multi-platform brandCredit: Getty Images